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{{Non small cell lung cancer}}
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==Overview==
Depending on the presentation, [[lung cancer]] should be differentiated from other lung diseases such as [[pulmonary tuberculosis]],<ref name="pmid24455507">{{cite journal| author=Bhatt M, Kant S, Bhaskar R| title=Pulmonary tuberculosis as differential diagnosis of lung cancer. | journal=South Asian J Cancer | year= 2012 | volume= 1 | issue= 1 | pages= 36-42 | pmid=24455507 | doi=10.4103/2278-330X.96507 | pmc=PMC3876596 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=24455507  }} </ref> lung [[abscess]], and [[respiratory tract]] infection.  Once [[lung cancer]] is confirmed, non small cell carcinoma should be differentiated from [[SCLC|small cell carcinoma]] based on histopathological findings.

==Differential Diagnosis==
The following list of conditions should be considered as differential diagnoses for lung cancer in general:
* [[Pulmonary tuberculosis]]<ref name="pmid24455507">{{cite journal| author=Bhatt M, Kant S, Bhaskar R| title=Pulmonary tuberculosis as differential diagnosis of lung cancer. | journal=South Asian J Cancer | year= 2012 | volume= 1 | issue= 1 | pages= 36-42 | pmid=24455507 | doi=10.4103/2278-330X.96507 | pmc=PMC3876596 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=24455507  }} </ref>
* Lung [[abscess]]<ref name="pmid22242302">{{cite journal| author=Kamiya K, Yoshizu A, Misumi Y, Hida N, Okamoto H, Yoshida S| title=[Lung abscess which needed to be distinguished from lung cancer; report of a case]. | journal=Kyobu Geka | year= 2011 | volume= 64 | issue= 13 | pages= 1204-7 | pmid=22242302 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=22242302  }} </ref>
* [[Pneumonia]]
* [[Fungal infection]]
* [[Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia]]<ref name="pmid24008649">{{cite journal| author=Matsuoka T, Uematsu H, Iwakiri S, Itoi K| title=[Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia presenting as a solitary nodule, suspicious of lung cancer;report of a case]. | journal=Kyobu Geka | year= 2013 | volume= 66 | issue= 10 | pages= 941-3 | pmid=24008649 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=24008649  }} </ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Disease]]
[[Category:Types of cancer]]
[[Category:Pulmonology]]
[[Category:Lung cancer]]
[[Category:Oncology]]

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